The Purakaunui Falls are a cascading multi-tiered waterfall on the Purakaunui River, located in the Catlins in the southern South Island of New Zealand. A highly distinctive cataract, it is an iconic image for southeastern New Zealand, and were featured on a New Zealand postage stamp in 1976.The falls are located 17 km to the southwest of the small town of Owaka and five kilometres from the river's outflow into the Pacific Ocean.[Wiki]